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June 26th – my NYC guidebook has been printed! – 365x project
(time for self-promotion)
New York City guidebook I was working on last year has finally arrived to my flat Prague.
I was very surprised how heavy and thick is it. More than 300 pages of text. Aaaaa. "I really wrote it all??" that was my first question… Yes, today I am proud of my baby. Big thanks to Anna Młynowska ❤ and Aga&Janek who made me feel like home in NYC.
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(unfortunately) for now only French version in available, hopefully soon in original – in Polish.
June 25th – what made me smile today – 365x project
June 24th – theatre project – 365x project
New theatre project in which I am included
16th and 17th of September in Archa Theatre in Prague. You are allowed to come with hangover after my B-day.
New performence "Inventory of Powerlessness" made by director Edit Kaldor and group of very inspiring people!!!
June 23rd – dancehall – 365x project
June 22nd – buildings are talking – 365x project
June 21st – music (re)discovery – 365x project
no1 music discovery is Finnish solo artist The Hearing – perfect live plus band I knew
amazing magic and superyoung The Dumplings and moving night Kamp!

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When a judicial vacancy occurs or is pending, the Administrative Office of the Courts notifies the appropriate nominating commission and then solicits applications by press announcements and from interested bar associations. Applications received are distributed to the commission members.
After the filing deadline for a vacancy has passed, the nominating commission meets to consider applications and relevant information, such as recommendations from citizens and bar associations. Each candidate is interviewed by the full commission or by commission panels. By secret written ballot, the commission then prepares a list of those candidates deemed legally and professionally most fully qualified for judicial office. No applicant may be added to the list without the affirmative vote of a majority of the commission members present at a voting session. The list is forwarded to the Governor who must make the appointment from it.
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We can't remember the last time someone under the age of 60 mentioned, "that you can't have your cake and eat it too" but we do understand the phrase- you can't have everything.
"You can't drink lattes and save money," they say.
"You can't go on vacation while you trying to save," they say.
"You can't have your cake and save money on it, too," they say.
But haven't you heard not to always listen to the crowd?
We don't talk a lot about budgeting here at BoostUp. Our goal for our users has been that we help you automate your savings little bit by little bit. We don't ask you to format Excel sheets for your budget (but if you want to do that, great!) because we want to be a simple tool for you.
Part of the reason budgeting gets a bad rep is because there's a stiff connection between being smart with your finances and not having your latte. We think you can do both.
So, when we recently read Half Banked's post about budgeting and the three magic words of "Or, And, If," it was like she was overhearing our conversations here at BoostUp.
Desirae at Half Banked said,
"One of the biggest reasons I hear about why people don't want to build a monthly plan for their money (ahem, a budget) is that they're stuck in the "or" mentality."
Statements like the ones we made above. The belief that you cannot put money away in your savings and have your latte. She then goes on to say,
Let's flip some of those pesky "or" statements around, and look at how much better they sound.
"I can drink my latte AND be great at money."
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And let's go even further with it.
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You can definitely afford your priorities, and the best way to make sure you can is by harnessing the last magic word: "if".
"I can save for retirement AND take a dream vacation IF…"
What that "if" will be looks very different depending on who you are, how much money you need to find to make it happen, and what you care most about.
It could be…
"…IF I compare my car insurance rates and save $40 a month without even trying."
"…IF I scale back to two pub nights a month, not ten."
This is where we like to inject ourselves into Desirae's logic. You can go out to lunch and save, too. You can put a few dollars a day away, and still grab a drinks with friends. You can let something like BoostUp pull those dollars for you and we bet you won't even notice it, and then continue living your life.
In the past few months, we've had a significant increase in users setting up a savings plan. Not only setting up the savings plan, but letting it run for months. We've even got responses from users saying "I have $600 in my account? I barely even noticed"
Between $5 here and there being deposited for you, plus RoundUps turned on, without touching a button the entire month, we see an average user save about $250 a month. Meanwhile, those users kept on buying their coffee, doing their normal grocery shopping, and continuing to live their lives.
So often people are afraid to save money because they just hear the "Or" statement. We love that Desirae explained there is another option than those "Or" statements, and they are "And, if" statements.
You can save money AND live your life.
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The Marshall "Bluesbreaker"
The Marshall Bluesbreaker – A Short Analysis
The Bluesbreaker, or more accurately the Model 1962, was Marshall's first combo amp. It supposedly came about through a request from Eric Clapton for an amp loud enough for gigging that would nonetheless fit into the trunk of his car. To look at this beast of a combo, you have to wonder what Eric was driving in those days.
Standing 2 feet tall and 2 1/2 feet wide, the Bluesbreaker sports a single handle (as did the "portable" 19" black & white TV my family had back in the 1960's... where did Electrohome think we'd be taking it?) At 30kg / 66 lbs., Marshall's Model 1962 could just as well have been called the back-breaker. The heft comes courtesy of two 12" Celestion greenbacks, a JTM45 chassis lying on its back, and of course the large cabinet itself. The chassis orientation faces the nomenclature away from the player, as with some early Vox amps. From the front, the two toggle switches on the right thus read "NO NO".
There are countless sound clips and audio reviews for the Model 1962 available online, so we'll skip the subjective descriptions and move on to a look at the amp from a design perspective. Suffice it to say that it can be a great sounding guitar amplifier.
It's well documented that Marshall's first amplifiers sought to provide British musicians with a more affordable interpretation of Fender's successful Bassman. As such, Marshall's circuit was very closely based on the Bassman, and incorporated some circuit quirks Marshall retained long after Fender had abandoned them. These include the direct-coupled cathode follower stage to drive the tone stack, and the presence control. Let's take a quick look at each of these.
The cathode follower is a stage with no voltage gain and a low output impedance. If there's a spare triode kicking around in your circuit, using it as a cathode follower is a great way to buffer the high-impedance output of a preamp triode from the tone controls that follow it. However, there are two problems with this circuit as it's usually implemented in guitar amps. First, the cathode will be biased at about half the preamp rail voltage, which puts the cathode a little too close to the 180 volt maximum filament-to-cathode voltage spec for the ECC83/12AX7. For almost all other twin triode types the average tube roller would reach for, that spec is a mere 90 volts – clearly exceeded by this circuit. That means installing a 12AT7, 12AY7, or any of the other common lower-gain twin triodes into that V2 socket could result in the tube's premature (and possibly spectacular) demise.
The other issue with that cathode follower circuit is that the grid-to-cathode voltage could go through a very unfriendly swing as the amp warms up and everything settles into its design bias state. It's like a bridge: the structure can be stable when completed, but getting it there can pass through some dangerously unstable construction phases. Tubes are thankfully forgiving of momentary abuse, but you might want to think twice before stuffing a coveted rare NOS tube into that circuit position.
The presence control is the problem child of tone-shaping controls. Unlike the passive tone stack typically located between preamp stages, the presence control is part of the negative feedback circuit. By variably reducing the amount of negative feedback at upper freqencies, the resulting bright glassiness can impart some lovely harmonics and sparkle. Or a ton of finger noise.
The dark side of the presence control is how it's implemented. The fixed element of the presence potentiometer carries all the phase inverter's cathode current to ground, breaking two cardinal rules: 1) never run DC through an audio control, and 2) never run DC through an audio control. Why? The answer is in that inescapable rushing sound heard whenever a classic presence control is operated. (Who knows how many perfectly good pots and cans of control spray have been wasted trying to correct this? I'm guessing Leo Fender did).
After tubes, potentiometers are perhaps the most maintenance-intensive devices in a guitar amp. They get handled constantly and are often vulnerable to accidental impact. When the presence control wears out or takes a hit, it can make the amp noisy or inoperable in a way that that's difficult to troubleshoot. Incidentally, the schematic diagram for at least one of the Bluesbreaker reissues contains errors and omissions, including how the presence circuit is drawn: with no DC path for the phase inverter's cathode current.
To remove the chassis from a Bluesbreaker cabinet, you have to lie the amp face-down (preferably on something to protect it), and remove the six wood screws that hold the chassis board to the rest of the cabinet. The awkward distribution of weight on the chassis requires caution when lifting, flipping, and moving it, which is held to its backboard with six bolts that are significantly stronger than the little wood screws that fasten the whole subassembly to the cabinet.
The original model 1962 had an aluminium chassis; steel is used for the reissues, ostensibly for strength, though this is questionable. An aluminium chassis can be as strong as a steel one – it just takes more of it. The cost difference is usually what nudges amp manufacturers towards choosing steel.
Steel is often credited with providing better shielding because of how it conducts low-frequency electromagnetic fields, but this is precisely why it can contribue to hum problems in guitar amps, and the Bluesbreaker is a good example of this. When you first turn the amp on, you hear a low hum through the speakers, even though the amp is still on standby. How is this possible? The line frequency field radiates from the power transformer and is inductively coupled to the output transformer, partly through the air, and partly through the chassis. A component layout that's hum-free on an aluminum chassis can be quite hummy on a steel one. Aluminum is also a better electrical (and thermal) conductor than steel, so the common practice of using various locations on the chassis as circuit grounding points can create more noisy ground loop problems with a steel chassis.
The problem of hum being conducted between power and output transformers is why they're often separated on an amp chassis, and/or positioned on different axes. It's also one of the reasons classic amp architecture favors a long, narrow chassis (the other being to provide more room for an impressive row of controls). This in turn places the two speakers in almost all twin combos side-by-side, despite the acoustic shortcomings of that arrangement. The Model 1962 follows this pattern, and the semi-open-back cabinet provides the usual unofficial storage area for cables and footswitches.
Having achieved legendary status, an original Marshall Model 1962 is now valued more highly than is justified by its function as an amplifier alone. And given its size, the Bluesbreaker isn't a practical choice for many applications. But despite its shortcomings, this thundering combo is likely to remain a favorite among guitarists looking to capture that 1960's British electric blues vibe.
The Lowdown on Output Transformers
Output transformers are one of the most important factors in the sound of a tube guitar amp, but they don't get discussed as often as other components for a few reasons: output transformers, or OPT's, are fairly expensive, they're inconvenient to swap out, and there aren't many transformer options available for most amps.
How They Work
The output transformer couples the signal from the output tube or tubes to the speaker. The tubes feed one coil, which is magnetically coupled to another coil through literally a bunch of iron, and the speaker is connected to that second coil. Most of the signal makes it through the transformer without becoming too distorted, and the rest becomes heat.
Why is a transformer needed at all? It's the same reason a car's engine isn't connected directly to its wheels: the engine turns optimally within one speed range, and the tires at another. Think of the output transformer as an amp's transmission – a one-speed, fluid-coupled transmission. The tubes are like an engine that's most content going a few thousand RPM, and the speaker is like the wheels turning at only a few RPM. The important thing to remember is that the load on the transformer's output – i.e. the speaker – is "felt" by its input, or primary.
To illustrate this, think of a fixie, or fixed-gear bike – one where the rear hub can't coast or freewheel. If the bike is moving, so are its pedals. When you climb up a hill, it's harder to pedal. If you're going down a steep hill, the pedals might be turning as fast as you can keep up with. The load on the bike's wheels (gravity) is reflected back to the driving force (your legs). A tube amp's output transformer works the very same way: it reflects the speaker load across its secondary back to the tubes via the transformer's ratio. At the risk of belaboring the bicycle analogy, just as a multigear bike lets you choose how hard you have to push the pedals to go up a hill, output tubes can function into a range of loads, affecting power output as well as distortion magnitude and character.
You'll often see a specification say that an output transformer has something like an 8000 ohm primary and an 8 ohm secondary. It would be more accurate to say that that transformer will present an 8000-ohm load to the output tube(s) if there's an 8-ohm load connected to its secondary. In other words - and this is a more useful spec – that transformer has a 1000:1 impedance ratio.
So what happens if the speaker load is 4 ohms instead of 8? That OPT with its impedance ratio of 1000:1 will now present those output tubes with a reflected load of 4,000 ohms. They may or may not like it. In any case, they'll operate differently, deliver a different power level, and a different sound. Or they could melt and cost someone a lot of money.
In the same way, removing two output tubes from an amp that has four of them doubles the impedance reflected to the remaining tubes. Of course, this can be compensated for by halving the speaker load, e.g. from 16 to 8 ohms, or from 8 to 4.
It's important to realize an 8-ohm speaker doesn't present a pure 8-ohm load to the output transformer the way an 8-ohm resistor would. A speaker's impedance rating is its average resistance to an AC signal. It'll be 8 ohms at one or two frequencies, and more or less than that at all others. So that changing load, which is being affected by which notes are being played and how that speaker reacts to them, is always being reflected back to the amp's output tubes.
This touches on why it's generally a bad idea to operate a tube amp with the speakers disconnected: that's an infinitely light load being reflected back to the tubes. They don't like that. For that reason, the output jacks on many amps actually short the OPT's secondary when the speakers are unplugged, offering a bit of short-term protection from tube damage. With tubes, a heavy load can be better than none at all.
I mentioned that the output transformer is a little like a fluid-coupled transmission. That's because output load variations like high or low frequencies or fast transients are not all reflected purely back to the output tubes. The output transformer can be seen as a non-phase-linear bandpass filter, and its inherent non-linearity can compromise the effectiveness of negative feedback loops that include it.
What's Inside
The output transformer in a tube guitar amp is an iron-core transformer. It's essentially two coils wound around the same block of iron. That iron is sliced up into thin layers, or laminations, so that currents don't form in the iron that would interfere with its ability to transfer signals efficiently from one coil to the other.
The coils are wrapped one on top of the other onto the same form or bobbin, which is then slipped over the iron core's center shaft. In practice, part of the primary is wound onto the form, then some or all of the secondary, then more primary, and so on. This is called interleaving. In high-end audio transformers for tube hi-fi amps there can be a lot of interleaving, which helps the magnetic coupling of the two coils, reduces losses, and improves frequency response.
From a purely technical standpoint, the output transformers in a lot of great sounding vintage amps were actually a weak link. Transformer iron is expensive, so some amps' transformers were undersized and would saturate at high signal levels. They also had a minimum of interleaving, which also helped keep the costs down. Frequency response is not critical for electric guitar: the low E is about 80 hertz, and typical guitar speakers were only functional up to about 5kHz tops, so why bother with a high-quality output transformer?
Some people believe that old transformers have some sort of special "mojo", owing to the type of construction and materials used, like the paper or the formula of their varnish. It would be interesting to conduct a double-blind listening test with all other parameters held constant to see whether these things actually make a detectable difference. Although they might be present in an amp that sounds good, the reasons for that sound probably lie elsewhere. Insulating materials in a transformer don't behave like the dielectrics in capacitors, which are electrostatic devices. What matters most in a tube guitar amp output transformer is that its materials can stand up to several thousand volts and possible high temperatures without melting, burning, or becoming perforated.
So if the guitar amp output transformer is a lo-fi piece of iron, how can it have so much impact on the amp's sound? We've discussed how output tube efficiency and distortion characteritics will depend on the speaker load that's reflected upstream via the transformer. Low-efficiency coupling means less volume and more heat, so amplifier designers typically want those tubes to be seeing a load that allows them to deliver the most clean power. But we guitarists like a little dirt, preferably from several places at once. The way to find the sweet spot where the output tubes are distorting in a way we like is by being willing to sacrifice a little bit of efficiency. This is a worthwhile trade-off, as many tube amps don't sound their best until they're impractically loud anyway. In general, a lighter than optimum load favors 3rd harmonic distortion, whereas a heavier load favors 2nd harmonic distortion.
To a limited extent, it's possible to experiment with tweaking the load on the output tubes by changing the speaker load and/or the amp's output impedance selector. But don't do this indiscriminately, as it can permanently damage your amp's costliest components. Plan your experiment and calculate the new load on the output tubes, checking it against the dissipation limits on the data sheet.
A Helpful Tip
There's a way to roughly measure the impedance ratio of an unknown output transformer. Two important facts make this possible. First, the impedance ratio is the square of the voltage ratio. This means a transformer with a measured voltage ratio of 30 to 1 has an impedance ratio of 30 x 30, or 900:1. Second, a transformer's primary and secondary are interchangeable. This means you can apply an AC voltage to the secondary, and read a higher voltage on the primary, which makes for more accurate readings. Connect a signal generator capable of driving a low impedance (like a tuner app on your phone fed through a small signal transformer), and connect it to the mystery transformer's secondary. Measure that AC voltage, then measure the voltage across the entire unloaded primary. Divide the two voltages and square the result to get an approximation of the impedance ratio. As we did before, multiply the chosen speaker impedance by that impedance ratio to get the primary impedance, or load presented to the output tube or tubes.
Wrapping it Up
Like pickups and speakers, a tube amp's output transformer is an electromagnetic device that plays a crucial (and often overlooked) role in forming one's overall tone. Keeping in mind how the transformer reflects ("transforms") speaker impedance back to the output tube or tubes can be the basis for some informative experimentation. It might even save those precious output tubes from a spectacular demise.
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Let's take a look at the pros and cons of the different techniques that have been used to build guitar amplifier circuits, and make an attempt to clear up some terminology issues that have crept in.
As the oldest and simplest circuit construction technique, point-to-point wiring evolved from the original form of "breadboarding", a method for building one-off circuits that involved twisting or soldering component leads onto nails driven into a piece of wood -- literally a cutting board for bread. The nails could be placed to match the needs of the circuit. If a breadboarded design was put into production, the same layout could be transferred to the inside of a chassis, with the nails replaced by short terminal strips where needed.
The key to identifying point-to-point wiring is in its name. If components are wired together directly, e.g. a resistor soldered between an input jack and a tube socket with no wires or boards in between, that's point-to-point wiring. Other methods discussed below are sometimes referred to as point-to-point because hand wiring is involved, but there are some very important differences.
True point-to-point wiring minimizes the number of connections between components, so it's potentially more reliable than methods requiring more connections or distance. Also, point-to-point wiring can have a Z-axis, so the circuit can retain some of its inherent three-dimensional characteristics. This is important because it allows sensitive signals to take the shortest possible routes and avoid interference (hum, noise, oscillation) through unwanted inductive coupling.
Point-to-point wiring can also be physically robust. The circuit can be resistant to damage if the chassis is twisted or flexed. There is no board to crack or to interfere with heat flow around components.
Besides having to be carefully planned in three dimensions, point-to-point wiring has a few things working against it. For one, it must be performed entirely by hand, so it is time consuming and very prone to human error. Soldering (and desoldering) components that are above one another is tricky work, sometimes leading to accidental component damage. And because it's so labor intensive, commercial point-to-point wiring has traditionally been performed by low-paid workers unfamiliar with the products they're assembling. This is true in almost all commercial electronics assembly, but it has greater impact on something as error-prone as point-to-point wiring. In a production environment, speed has often been valued over thoroughness.
It should be added that point-to-point wiring looks like a dog's breakfast to some, especially if the layout respects circuit flow and empirically minimizes signal interference. This has nothing to do with the amplifier's quality, usefulness, or reliability, but some people are uncomfortable unless the components in their amplifier are all in parallel rows, with the wires all bent at 90 degree angles and bundled together. While it's true that orthogonal paths minimize signal coupling, this approach is often taken to extremes for aesthetic reasons at the expense of circuit performance.
It's been said that a true point-to-point amplifier is harder to repair than one with a flatter layout. Whether this is a relevant really comes down to how much of the amp's life is going to be spent being taken apart and worked on, versus turned on and played.
Point-to-point wiring is found in pre-1948 Fender amps, smaller early Supro and similar amps, a few modern high-end amps, and very little else in the guitar amp world.
Turret / Terminal Board
Like point-to-point, turret board board construction also began life as a prototyping technique, but one that employed a generic circuit board that could be reused for other projects. Turret boards (or terminal boards) usually consist of two parallel rows of evenly-spaced terminals swaged into a strip of bakelite, phenolic, or fiberglass. Rarely, a circuit-specific turret board is made, giving the builder more control over circuit flow and component layout. Either way, component leads and connecting wires are soldered onto the terminals. Wire connections are then made to chassis-mounted components, like switches, controls, jacks, and tube sockets.
Turret board construction has some advantages. A prototyped circuit can be transferred directly to a finished one-off project, or even put into production as is. Strong, reliable connections are made by wrapping the component leads around the terminals and soldering them. The boards used tend to be thicker than printed circuit boards, and as such they're relatively less likely to crack.
In a production environment, turret board construction offeres advantages in consistency, as assemblers can copy a sample board and spot errors more easily than with point-to-point wiring. But it's still time-consuming work, and the same assembly quality vs. cost drawbacks of point-to-point still apply.
Perhaps more than any other method, generic turret board construction imposes a two-dimensional form on the circuit. This might not seem like a disadvantage (after all, we're used to seeing amplifier circuits shown this way on schematics) but a two-dimensional layout doesn't represent actual signal or current flow. Parallel component placement also means that most circuit elements will likely be farther apart or closer together than in an optimized layout. What's more, the additional wires and solder connections between circuit elements in turret board construction inherently compromise reliability: with more connections, there's simply more to go wrong.
Turret board or terminal board construction is found in early Vox, Marshall, and Hiwatt amps, as well as other (chiefly British) brands.
Eyelet Board
Employed in Fender and Gibson amplifiers for decades, eyelet board construction is similar to turret / terminal board construction, but provides some key advantages.
Consisting of a sheet of insulating material (traditionally paper-based) with an arrangement of tin-plated rivets installed in a pattern specific to the circuit being built, and eyelet board can be seen as a compromise between point-to-point and printed circuit board construction. Because an eyelet board is made for a particluar circuit, the components can be arranged in patterns that aid circuit flow and reduce unwanted inductive coupling. I say "can" because most eyelet boards tend to stick to fairly linear component arrangements, making it easier for time-pressured assembly workers to avoid obvious errors. Linear layouts also help minimize board area, further reducing cost.
One big advantage eyelet boards have over turret boards is that an eyelet board makes it possible to reduce the number of connections, improving reliability. You're more likely to find four adjacent components sharing a single eyelet than a single turret.
For early manufacturers, eyelet boards provided another key advantage: they were dirt cheap -- both to build and to populate -- yet they provided consistent results.
The main drawbacks of eyelet board construction stem from how it was (and is) typically implemented in vintage mass-produced amps and their countless replicas. As mentioned above, the circuit layouts originally governed by cost-cutting concerns are rarely ideal, so hum and noise levels are typically higher than necessary. Early examples of the paper-based boards absorbed moisture – not a desirable feature in high voltage equipment. The resulting changes to the damaged boards' physical and electrical characteristics could cause some amps to oscillate, especially if they'd been relying on stray capacitance from the nearby grounded chassis surface for stability.
Printed Circuit Board (PCB)
PCB technology has been ubiquitous in electronic equipment production since the 1960's, mainly due to its low cost and high consistency. In its simplest form, a copper-coated board of phenolic or fiberglass is printed with an image of a pattern of conductors or "traces", then soaked in acid to remove the remaining unwanted copper. Holes for components and their leads are drilled, usually by a CNC machine performing a programmed series of steps. Various other stages were added to circuit board production over time, such as plating and screen printing.
Components were installed and soldered onto early PCB's by hand. Later, processes were developed to perform all the solder connections at once by dipping the loaded board into a bath of molten solder or passing it over a wave of molten solder (wave soldering). Automated soldering techniques are sometimes thought to be inferior to hand techniques due to the difficulties of performing real time quality monitoring, but they brought new levels of consistency to electronic equipment production, as did machine placement of components.
Layouts for printed circuit boards were originally made by manually placing strips of tape and donut pads on a sheet of mylar. This allowed for some very organic – and even artistic – layouts. As PCB design software emerged, layouts became more linear, and traces more angular. While this approach facilitates the densities required for digital circuitry as well as automated component placement, it can be detrimental to high voltage, high impedance analog circuits like those in tube guitar amps.
Most printed circuit boards in guitar amplifiers are single-sided, meaning there are copper traces on one side only, and components on the other. Most amp circuits are simple enough that the density advantage of a second copper layer isn't needed. But double-sided PCB's with plated holes do a much better job of holding components in place. The plated holes act like miniature eyelets, increasing both the electrical contact area and the connection's total board-to-copper adhesion strength.
PCB creation produces more chemical waste than any of the other construction methods described above. Even with the much-needed banning of toxic lead from electronics production, PCB manufacturing remains a subtractive process with a negative environmental impact.
A trend that contributed to the bad reputation PCB's have earned in tube amplifier circles was a bold attempt on the part of manufacturers to further reduce production costs by mounting everything they could on PCB's, including tubes, heat-producing resistors, controls, switches and jacks. Anyone who fixes amplifiers can tell you that these design shortcuts are prime causes of failure, and can make for nightmare repair jobs. Even today, most mass-produced amps have their front panel controls mounted on printed circuit boards, as hand wiring is deemed too expensive by their manufacturers or their customers.
Although you may never see one in a tube guitar amplifier, modern multilayer circuit boards with surface-mounted components on both sides actually resemble point-to-point construction in that they strive to minimize connection lengths and retain a three-dimensional circuit architecture. And as with point-to-point layouts, designing multilayer PCB's is not a trivial task.
Combinations of the above construction techniques are used in both commercial and home-built amps, and more combinations are possible. For example, many British amp brands have for years employed single-sided printed circuit boards that closely resemble the earlier turret or terminal boards they replaced. One the one hand, this allows manufacturers to sell their products less expensively (and/or more profitably), but on the other hand it retains the layout restrictions of linear turret boards and the strength limitations of single-sided PCB's.
Most older amps using boards of some kind employed a little point-to-point wiring here and there. An example would be the resistors on Fender input jacks or Vox cathode follower tube sockets. Passive components are also sometimes soldered directly onto tone controls. But while manufacturers usually did this for convenience, individual builders can integrate sections of point-to-point wiring where these would most benefit the circuit itself.
Builders who choose to make their own turret or eyelet boards have an excellent opportunity to craft their circuit layout to optimize component placement and flow. And desiging a true point-to-point version of a chosen circuit is an even more rewarding challenge.
Wrapping it Up
From the abundance of good amplifiers old and new, it's clearly possible to make a decent product using any of the above circuit construction techniques. That being said, some of those techniques are clearly more oriented toward saving money in a large-scale production environment where every penny is counted. Anyone planning to build an amplifier should consider examining their design goals and options before settling on an approach simply because it's popular or was used in the factory that produced a revered amp decades ago. The myriad design and component options available to today's builders would likely thrill the commercial amplifier designers of old. If you want to honor their greatest achievements, make the design decisions they might have made if their hands weren't tied by the cost cutters down the hall. A little extra thought and planning can make all the difference between an imitation and a masterpiece.
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Usain Bolt should not be crowned the 'Fastest Man in the World'
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The winner of the 100m sprint at either the World Championships or the Olympic games is unofficially given the title by the media/sports fans of the "Fastest Man in the World".
However I believe that there are other athletes who compete in different events that are more deserving of the title.
Other than that. knock yourself out
Thank you to my opponent for accepting the debate. I too hope it can be a fun debate and conducted in good spirits.
It is my belief that, although Usain Bolt is an exceptional 100 and 200m he should seen as the fastest man in the world. It's not that I think there are others better at the 100m metres that deserve the ceremonious title, Usain has shown himself to be the king of the shortest races. I believe that the 100m (or even 200m) race should not be what decides who the fastest man in the world is.
It is my contention that the winner of the 400m or 800m should hold the crown.
I will look at why I think this is the case soon, but I would first like to acknowledge the reasons why multiple running lengths are included in any athletics meet. First of all it caters to different types of athletes. Some people are simply born with more fast twitch fibers in their muscles which make them move faster and be more accustomed to sprinting. Some people are tall and skinny and while there top speed is not great, they excel at maintaining it. Because of this it is impossible to compare the attributes of say a 3000m runner to 100m sprinter and compare them in terms of racing.
However, because the 400m race is still short and is often considered a sprint, the comparisons between a 100m runner and a 400m runner are not all that unreasonable.
The first reason why I believe that the 400m race is a better way of naming the fastest man in the world than the 100 or 200m is because it is a much harder race to run. The winner at London, Kirani James from Grenada, ran the race in a time of 43.94 seconds. To make this easier lets round it off to 44s. We then divide this by 4 and we come to 12s. So, on average, James had to run just under 12s for each of his 4 hundred metres or two 200m's of just under 22s. [1]
Now, when you compare these times to Usain Bolts' 9.58s world record in the 100 and 19.19s record in the 200, it does not seem that close. However a 400m runner, not only has to be able to run fast, but maintain that pace over a longer period of time, essentially Usain bolt only has to run flat out for 19.19s at the most while James had to do it for 43.94s, making the 400m race not only a test of speed, but a test of willpower and endurance. [2]
Similarly to 800m race, won in London by David Rudisha in a world record time of 1:40.91, you have to have the perfect mix between elite speed, and the ability to maintain this speed. Lets say that Rudishas' time was about 100s Divide this by 8 and you get 12.5s for every 100m of the race or 25 seconds for every 200. The ability to run 8 100m's in a row with an average time of 12.5 seconds is remarkable. First of all to reach that speed in the first place is not something that most people are able to do, but to sustain it 8 times over is a Herculean effort. [3]
I would also like to add one last point to my argument, and perhaps this is more important than times or distances, but making the winner of the shortest races the fastest man in the world reflects badly on our culture an the things we value. Ultimately it is the perception of the media and the public that the winner of the 100m race is the 'fastest man in the world' there is no trophy with this engraved on it or anything like that. By saying that a man who only has to run for a brief period of time and then stop is the worlds best runner, we are saying that we value efforts that are short lived an unsustainable.
In a time where we need to develop sustainable ways of living more than ever if we want any chance of being able to save out planet from destruction. Would it not be better than to shift our focus to runners like David Rudisha and Kirani James, who not only satisfy the criteria by being fast, but also must be able to sustain this speed. If we placed as much focus on these athletes as we did on Bolt then it would send a more positive message to the next generation of leaders, we don't want an effort that sparks for 19 seconds then finishes, we want a solution that takes this initiative but is able to carry it through and maintain it.
We need more thinking like this, especially amongst the people who will grow up to be leaders, and what better way to do it than to stop glorifying athletes like 100m runners and teach kids that it better to be a more like a 400m runner. A person who is not only capable of achieving great things, but of continuing it as well.
Over to you Con
[1] http://www.london2012.com...
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Calki288008 forfeited this round.
Seeing as this round was supposed to be for rebuttals, and con has not presented any arguments, I extend my points through fro the previous round as unchallenged. I also would like to remind con, if he decides to return to this debate, that he may no longer post any of his own arguments, only rebuttals.
I also urge a vote to pro because of cons forfeiture.
Usain Bolt holds the word record in three events more than any other runner in the world making him the fastest man in the world.
100m " 9.58 seconds
Berlin, 2009
200m " 19.19 seconds
Berlin, 2009
4x100m " 36.84 seconds
London, 2012
He has 6 Olympic gold medals including:
100m " Beijing, 2008
100m " London, 2012
200m " Beijing, 2008
200m " London, 2012
4x100m " Beijing, 2008
4x100m "London, 2012
He has 5 world championship gold medals:
100m " Berlin, 2009
200m " Berlin, 2009
200m " Daegu, 2011
4x100m " Berlin, 2009
4x100m " Daegu, 2011
For these reasons and many more are why Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the world.
Thanks for the chance to debate you.
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Too much subjectivity to be adequately, or accurately, debated.
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This report will evaluate the current marketing environment of the airline industry in Europe. This will involve looking into different area of the airline industry such as deregulation and open skies, current economic conditions, distribution channels, pricing and revenue management. It has been proved that the airline industry is probably one of the most competitive and complex industry in the world. According to Mintel report (2009) in the past decade, air travel has grown by 7% per year. Travel for both business and leisure purposes grew strongly worldwide. Scheduled airlines carried 1.5 billion passengers last year. In the leisure market, the availability of large aircraft such as the Boeing 747 made it convenient and affordable for people to travel further to new and exotic destinations.
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In all areas of marketing links must be made between the customer and the product. These links are known as distribution channels. Airlines use a variety of these channels. All of them are giving rise to particularly intense debate at the present time, because the different channels result in different costs, and because they vary in the extent to which they allow airline to exercise proper and necessary control of the channel. S, Shaw (Airline Marketing & Management, Fifth Edition, Page 194).
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Until the early 1970s, contact between airlines and their distribution outlets was mainly by telephone, this was both time consuming and costly and became unsustainable as the industry grew. As the 1970s preceded, the first, pioneering carries set out to automate airline/travel agency contact. In order to do so, direct links were provided from each agency location into the airline's reservations computer. Instead of phoning, agents could use the keyboard of Visual Display Unit to make bookings direct with the airline concerned. Besides saving a great deal of time, this also gave agent visual confirmation that required reservation had been made.
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In the old, regulated environment, European airlines relied on external channels (travel agents, consolidators, tour operators) to distribute up to 90 percent of tickets. Distribution via these channels typically cost an airline 17 to 20 percent of the ticket price, accounted for by travel agency commissions (including bonus "overrides"), computer reservation company booking fees, credit card fees, and the airline's own costs (such as its salesforce). Since then, CRS technology and economics have changed a lot: thanks to the development of alternative distribution channels, such as the airlines' Internet websites or their call centres, consumers have nowadays access to a multiplicity of information and booking channels for air transport services. About 40% of all airline tickets in the EU are booked via alternative channels and about 60% via travel agents and CRSs.
Bookings made via the major global distribution systems (GDS) accounted for 64% of all airline passenger revenue in the U.S. in 2008 for U.S. point-of-sale transactions, but the figure has dropped below 50% in Europe, according to (Mintel report realised 2008) in the size, role and value of GDSs in travel distribution. The decline in Europe has been sharper, falling from 56% in 2006 and 51% in 2007 to 47% in 2008.The decline is attributable, in large part, to the rapid growth of low-cost carriers, such as Ryanair, that rely exclusively or primarily on direct bookings. 69% of the nearly €18 billion in air travel sold by European LCCs in 2008 was booked via their own Web sites....
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P, Hanlon. Global Airlines, 2nd ad. First published 1996, second edition 1999, London/Oxford. Pages (33 and 222)
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Fruits of the EastLight, happy tune with eastern elements. Indian drums with melodic vocals and punchy synths.
Keywords: Cheerful, Groove, Indian Pop, Light Hearted , Love, Modern India, Ravi Shankar, Romance, Uplifting
Cairo CallingFast and hectic city piece in an indian/asian-style. Violins dominate the melody, with tabla and bass drum accompaniment, and female vocals at intervals.
Composed by Michael Hennig
Keywords: Afghanistan, Ali Akbar Khan, Ancient Times, Arabia, Arabic, Asian, Bazaar, Beirut, Break Out, Busy, Cairo, Egypt, Hectic, Indian, Iraq, Istanbul, Middle Eastern, Middle Eastern Prayer, Modern India, Moroccan, Oriental, Pressure, Pyramids, Racing, Ravi Shankar, Silk Road, Snake Charmer, Syriana, Tribal, Turkey, Vibrant
Welcome To Our WorldEclectic piece with various influences. Intense opening gives way to a calmer piano melody at 0:15 which builds to a rock/trance section and then to an eastern world percussive section at 1:05. A trance vibe continues with rock guitar and vocals. A bit of everything!
Himalayan TrailsMysterious, hypnotic piece with a tribal feel. Hand drums accompany flute solo and then sitar (at 1:24) with a constant drone in the background. Gets gradually more lively throughout, then fades towards the end..
Composed by Rosalind Richards
Keywords: Ali Akbar Khan, Ancestors, Ancient Times, Arabia, Bazaar, Deserted Town, Dramatic, Floating, Gentle, Indian, Intrigue, Lucid, Meditation, Mist, Modern India, Otherworldly, Pensive, Ravi Shankar, Ritual, Secrets, Silk Road, Snake Charmer, Spiritual
Safron AshesChill Indian track featuring the Santoor, with a driving beat and female Hindustani vocals throughout.
Composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton
Keywords: Ali Akbar Khan, Ancestors, Animals, Beirut, Blue Planet, Chase, Chilled, Discovery, Far East, Flight, Floating, Imagination, Indian, Indian Party Music, Indian Pop, Landscape, Meditation, Modern India, Monsoon Wedding, Montage, Mountain, Otherworldly, Ravi Shankar, Relaxation, Sea, Snake Charmer, Spiritual, Superstition, Tribal, Underwater, Vibrant, Wildlife Documentary
Distant LandsSoothing world track with melodic flute, shimmering synths, light percussion and ethnic vocals throughout.
Composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton
Keywords: Ali Akbar Khan, Beach, Blue Planet, Chilled, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Desert, Expansive, Expedition, Film, Floating, Hollywood Romance Movie, Landscape, Modern India, Monsoon Wedding, Mountain, Open Fire, Paradise, Ravi Shankar, Relaxation, Sigur Ros, Spa, Tropical, Uplifting, Wildlife Documentary
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – An elk leaped into a research helicopter that was trying to capture it and brought down the helicopter in a collision that also killed the elk, authorities said Tuesday.
The elk jumped into the chopper's tail rotor as the aircraft flew about 10 feet above ground in a mountainous part of eastern Utah, with its crew trying to drop a net on the elk, said Jared Rigby of the Wasatch County Sheriff's Office.
The two people on board weren't seriously hurt, but the elk died of its injuries Monday afternoon.
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The state-contracted Texas-based crew was trying to capture and sedate the elk and give it a tracking collar to research its movements in the area about 90 miles east of Salt Lake City.
Helicopters are a frequently used and essential tool for monitoring remote wildlife in Utah, said Mark Hadley with the state Division of Wildlife Resources.
The tracking collars help wildlife officials monitor elk migration paths and survival rates. The state captures about 1,300 animals each winter, almost all using helicopters, and Tuesday's downing of the helicopter was the first accident of its kind, he said.
The crew had launched a net it catch the animal, but when that didn't immediately work the pilot started to slow down so someone could jump out and hobble the elk, Hadley said. As the helicopter slowed down, the elk collided with the rotor, Hadley said.
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The helicopter was damaged on its tail rotor, right skid and underside, Rigsby said.
State officials will review the incident that appears to have been a fluke accident, Hadley said.
Environmental groups have protested the use of helicopters to monitor wildlife.
The group Wilderness Watch is objecting to a plan to study mountain goats using helicopters in a central-Utah wilderness area, calling the aircraft "unnecessary intrusion into some of our most treasured lands," according to the Deseret News.
Copyright 2018 The Associated Press.


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Welcome to the brand new Holiday Inn Express & Suites Stillwater, OK located by N. Perkins Road. Home of the Oklahoma State University Cowboys. Whether you are visiting for business or for pleasure, you will find everything you need to enjoy your stay while in Stillwater. Our property is within walking distance to the Lake View Pointe outdoor shopping mall where you can handle your shopping needs. We are also in close proximity to numerous fine restaurants also within walking distance from the property. Be sure to catch a flick at Carmike Cinemas located right across the street from our hotel. Our hotel is located 70 miles west of Tulsa, OK. Our Stillwater hotel has high speed internet access which makes sure you stay connected to the office and our business center is open 24 hours. No matter what brings you to Stillwater, our hotel is a great place to find comfort and convenience. You can take a dip in our outdoor pool or break a sweat in the fitness center. Enjoy the complimentary Express Start Breakfast Bar, which features items like eggs, bacon, fresh made pancakes and our signature cinnamon rolls. Visit our sundry shop, for your convenience we have many of your forgotten toiletries, cold drinks and snacks. Make a reservation today so you can experience all Stillwater has to offer. Go POKES!
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There are pieces of both the Obedience and Rally venues that are similar and those that are different.
C-WAGS stresses team work between the handler and the dog – they are the team.
We want our trials to be viewed as a friendly, fun place for people/families to come and enjoy the day with other people and their dogs.
Junior Handler division in all classes, it is not a different class.
We are different from "traditional" Obedience in that the handler may interact more naturally with their teammate (dog).
Handlers may give reinforcement to their dog at the end of the exercises.
Handlers may talk to their dog during the performance.
We have some fun, new exercises in both the Obedience and Rally venue.
The order of the exercises will vary.
Teams may compete in multiple levels/classes at the same time.
Team may begin in Obedience levels 1-3. Team may begin in any Rally class.
Low jump heights.
An exhibitor will find some of the same exercises as in "traditional" Obedience and Rally. We feel that our venue compliments the others extremely well. Even though some of the exercises are slightly different, the training should not cause any issues for a dog competing in other venues.
We value real life skills and recognize our teams that Volunteer in their community with our Doing Others Good (D.O.G.) Team Award
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C-WAGS is a dog & handler team sport dedicated to all the great dog and handler teams – that we may all aspire to become such a team with our canine partner. May the journey along the way build a positive relationship, create mutual trust and contain both work and games!
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Comfort of Jesus Ministries is an Indigenous, Non-Denominational organization started in June 6th 1996 by Rev.K.Paul Jabaraj, Founder & Senior Pastor of " Comfort of Jesus Church". In same year the Church was started with a few believers in Bangalore city. Now God has blessed us with 500 believers from different linguistic groups. Since the church building is small in size ( 40 ft length and 20 ft width ) it is not possible to accommodate more people. So we are conducting three services on Sundays.
1st Service Tamil @ 7 am,
Service English & Tamil @ 9.15 am and
3rd Service Tamil @ 10.30 am.
Apart from the above ministries often we are conducting Healing meetings,
Revival Night meetings, Camps, Seminars & outreach programmes.
Comfort of Jesus Ministries is a Registered Christian Charitable Trust with a Vision of Reaching the Unreached, Touching the Untouched and Preaching the Gospel with power of the Holy Spirit. Our Trust obtains following licenses from the Central & State Government of India.
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Comfort of Jesus Church Invites people around the world to Join with us and to use their God given
Gifts to strengthen our believers. So you and your team are welcome to our place. Let us Join hands together and lets Plunder Hell & Populate Heaven .


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There aren't many things I claim to be an expert on. But with short breaks being my holiday of choice, packing for a weekend away has fast become my speciality. Especially as most of my trips just involve taking the once case with me, whether I'm travelling by plane, train or automobile. So if you need help with deciding what to take, what not to take and how to have enough room for essential purchases in Duty Free, then here are my tips on how to pack for a weekend away.
Make a list
I know it sounds pretty obvious but you'll be surprised at how easy it is to forget the basics if you don't make a list. So make a list of everything you want to take. And then make a second list detailing the number of outfits you need, and then work out what clothes, shoes and bags you need. By planning it all out, you'll be able to see that you don't really need eight pairs of shoes or four different bags for just three days away. I'm mean it's nice to have choices, but you're limited on space…
Start packing early
Like making a list, by starting the packing process early you can avoid not forgetting anything. It also helps you realise if you're missing anything you need. Things like travel adaptors or summer PJ's. I tend to turn the spare room into my packing room about a week before I go anywhere. And then when it's time to pack, roll your clothes. This is the best way to keep everything crease-free and more compact.
Invest in a good bag
For a weekend away I have two different bags that I use. For planes and trains I tend to use my Lulu Guinness small case. It's the perfect size for plane cabins (apart from Ryanair *argh*) and the different compartments just make it easy to pack everything into. And as it has a hard case, you know your stuff isn't getting squashed. The other bag I use is my Longchamp weekend bag. I love that this bag is a fold up bag, it's also surprisingly big. But as it can get heavy, I recommend this one for car journeys. You can pick up some lovely bags from John Lewis, Ted Baker or Bags ETC.
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Disney Backpacks Kids love can certainly make going back to school after a nice long summer all the more exciting. A new year - a new beginning and a new kids backpack to hold in all their school supplies, knowledge and memories from another whole school year. Check out these fun Disney backpacks school children would love to carry this coming school year. In A Hurry? ==>CLICK HERE to Pick ... [ Read More ]
Welcome to the Back to School Gifts for Kids section. Take a look for the best selling back to school gifts kids would want for the new school year. Then browse further to find back to school gifts based on their age, the themes they like and much more. Get ready for another exciting year at school.
Transformers School Supplies For Another Exciting Year
Boys love the Transformers and would love to get back to school with these fun and stunning Transformers school supplies. Kids, especially those in kindergarten and grade school would love to show their cool school supplies featuring Transformers backpack, lunch boxes and totes, stationery and much more. Going to school just became a little more exciting with Autobots and Megatrons coming to their ... [ Read More ]
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Take a look at these cool Captain America school supplies all over them. Let's make going back to school exciting for kids this year with their own set of brand new back to school accessories. Captain America certainly is one of kid's favorite super hero and now you can find everything for school with the class and power of this super hero. Shop below for the best Captain America backpacks, ... [ Read More ]
Awesome Electronic Kits Kids Love From Creation Crate
Are you searching for electronic kits kids would find fun and awesome? Imagine your kid getting a new set of DIY electronic building kit each month to try out, experiment on, and be amazed at what it can do. Now you can with these super cool electronic building kits kids can enjoy from Creation Crate! Creation Crate is a subscription system that would send out a new electronics kit for your ... [ Read More ]
Snap Circuits Jr. Is The Best For Kids
It is wonderful to be able to let kids explore the world of Science through play. The Snap Circuits Jr. set is a great way to introduce children as young as 7 to the world of electricity in a safe and fun way. Snap Circuits Jr. is a wonderful set that would make any kid excited to learn more about the ins and outs of electricity and be amazed by its power. Snap Circuits Jr. SC-100 What ... [ Read More ]
Keep Your Shoes Tied Safely with the Knot Locker
What exactly is the knot locker? It is your solution to those messy shoe laces that almost never stayed tied on your shoes all through your day! Whether you are a kid at school or an athlete, you do not want to be caught with your shoe laces off. That definitely is a safety hazard and quite cumbersome. It has certainly been the sad cause of several mishaps, accidents and bruises around your ... [ Read More ]
Disney Cars Back to School Supplies
School Supplies featuring the Disney Cars Characters would make a great way to start the new school year. Let us take a look at some essential school supplies that feature Lightning McQueen and his fun friends from Radiator Springs. These would especially help a child who is about to attend a new school or be among new people in school. At times, the little excitement that they could get from ... [ Read More ]
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This summer has flown by fast. As you are preparing for your kids to get back to school, it is time to also see if you got the right kinds of lunch boxes to go in their lunch bag. For those of us who pack our kids their lunches, I am sure that you find it a challenge to get the right set of boxes that fit compactly in their lunch bags without spilling. And if you need to keep them chilled with ... [ Read More ]


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Last year Chelsea Technologies Group (CTG) celebrated 50 years in the design and manufacture of a range of sensors and systems to monitor various parameters of water. Based in West Molesey, Surrey, CTG employs 35 engineers and scientists producing systems for the maritime, marine science, water environmental, defence & process control markets. Disciplines include: mechanical design, product design, electronics, software, science & technology and manufacturing.
CTG specialises in optical, acoustic and physical sensors measuring temperature, conductivity, hydrocarbons, fluorescence, water clarity and primary productivity.